In a world where chains clank louder than whispers of hope, two men collide. Philemon, a wealthy vineyard owner, grieves a trusted servant’s death. Desperate, he buys Onesimus, a runaway drowning in debt and bitterness.
Onesimus flees to the sea, trading wine barrels for prison ships. Philemon, baptized in Ephesus, fights to rebuild trust. But betrayal’s shadow clings. A storm rises. A letter arrives, scrawled in prison ink. Its words threaten empires and hearts.
Can a slave’s flight and a master’s pride survive grace’s blade? Or will mercy carve a path neither saw coming?
Philemon mourns his servant’s death. He buys Onesimus, a bitter man trapped by debt. Tensions rise as rumors of a preacher spread through town. A quiet storm brews.
Chapter# 2
Onesimus flees to the sea. Philemon, now a believer, struggles to trust again. A hidden cloak and haunting words follow him. Can faith outrun betrayal’s shadow?
Chapter# 3
Onesimus hides on a ship. Philemon hunts answers. A letter arrives. Storms rage. Chains clank. Truth waits, written in ink. Will pride or mercy write their ending?
Ishiata
Temple Slave
Ishiata’s village life shatters when Herod’s guard offers gold for her, not as a bride, but as a slave. In Jerusalem’s shadowed palace halls, she scrubs floors and avoids guards’ whispers. But when a crucified teacher’s tomb lies empty, she holds a secret: her hands prepared His burial cloth.
Nicodemus, a priest risking his name, gives her refuge in the temple. Amid grinding flour and baking bread, she hears rumors of miracles—and wonders if hope could rewrite her story.
She fills her jar at the well, ignoring the soldiers’ stares. But when her father accepts Herod’s gold, dawn brings no wedding—only a caravan rolling toward Jerusalem’s gates.
Chapter# 2
Silk cushions, honeyed figs. Alexander calls her “wife” at the feast. By nightfall, the word twists to “slave.” Nicodemus intervenes, but freedom now wears temple robes and six long years.
Chapter# 3
Temple kitchens hum with Passover chaos. Priests demand bread; Layla, a scarred servant, shares stories of a healer named Jesus. But when guards drag Him past, Ishiata’s hands shake.